Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me, it's on an elevator or in my car listening to absolutely nothing. I'll just be driving and then the lyrics birth.

It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me

I really wanted my music to reflect my personal life and what I set out to do every day.

I always say, "When you know it's right, everything will fall into place."

When you're listening to my album, I want you to know that things happen and eventually you get over it

If people wanted to fight me-because of my hair or because my skin was too dark-then I fought them

I've never killed anyone but I've felt the emotion